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Massive Brazilian power blackout may short circuit future mining ventures

mineweb - daily news headlines | November 12, 2009 | 1:02 am Latin America 

A four-hour blackout, which plunged half of Brazil into darkness Tuesday, could be one indication of the inability of the country's power infrastructure to cope with commodity sector booms.

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